Family: Arecaceae    Palm Tree

Common Name: None known

Cold Hardiness Zone: 9b     View the UK and US zone maps

Dypsis cookei Information

Identification

Distinctive thick metallic blue green leaves with narrow leaflets. Leaf texture and colour are similar to Chamaedorea metallica, making this a highly collectable small houseplant palm, tolerable of low light levels and cool temperatures.

General Information

A tiny, recently discovered palm from montane rainforests of Madagascar with thin, green, clustering stems usually less than 2 m tall and shiny dark blue green metallic, pinnate leaves.

Distribution

Native to: Madagascar

Found only in Marojejy on humid lower montane forest on steep slope; 1100 m.

Location: Madagascar (-14.474979°N, 49.730816°E)

Observations

Map may not represent the complete natural distribution. (Markers display observation data).